Re: netfilter oops (Was: Re: Linux 2.4.18-pre2)

[Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo _at_ conectiva.com.br>]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, CaT wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 09:38:17PM -0200, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > Here goes pre2.
> > 
> > 
> > pre2: 
> *snip*
> 
> As I was off the net for 2 weeks I wanted to wait for the next pre
> release before reporting this bug (incase I missed something and someone
> solved it anyways). Anyhow I'm assuming it still applies to pre2 as
> there has been no mention of netfilter changes in the changelog, so...
> 
> With 18-pre1, 17-rc2 and 17-preX (can't remember now. It's been a week
> or so :/) I can get the kernel to consistantly crash after a few minutes
> by compiling it with ipchains compatability and using masqueraded net
> connections. If I connect to the getway in quetion without hitting the
> masq rules I'm fine. I can also use the net from the gateway, but if I
> try to use the net from a box behind it and that box gets masqueraded I
> get a kernel lockup and an oops after a minute or so of use. Unfortunately
> the oops doesn't actually get recorded anywhere and all I can remember
> from it is that it was dieing in 'Swapper task' (or something similar).
> 
> I did a bit more experimentation and removed all the netfilter changes
> done since 2.4.16 and I no longer got oopses so one of the changes after
> 2.4.16 broke things.
> 
> Unfortunately, I am no longer near said gateway. I -can- try and
> duplicate this as soon as I get a version of linux compiling on a debian
> woody system.
> 
> If you have any questions/requests/whatnots then please yell. If I
> succeed in duplicateing this and get a recorded oops I'll send that in
> also.

Please use a serial console to get the oops or write it down in paper.

Thanks

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